Pass-book.



W. ROYSTONE.

`PASS BOOK.

APPLICATmN m50 JUNE 24, 1914.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co., WASHINGTON. n. C.

WALTER ROYSTONE, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO IVI. P. EXLINE, OFDALLAS, TEXAS, INDEPENDENT EXECTOR GF A. S. EXLINE, DECEASED.

PASS-BOOK.

specifwanon of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.. I8, i916.

Application filed June 24.-, 1914. Serial No. 847,113.

To MZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, WALTER ItoYsToNn, a citizenof the United States, residing at Fort lVorth, in the county of Tarrantand State of rIexas, havefinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Pass-Books; and I do hereby declare the 'following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to mak and use the same.

rIhis invention relates to book binding, and more especially to covers;and the object of the same is to produce a pass book whose cover may beexternally rough and its surface of a character which will not readilyreceive writing, with a panel depressed into the i-ace of the cover andso surfacedl that it will readily take writing fluid. rIhis object iscarried out in a-num-` ber Vof ways whereof certain embodiments are set`forth in the following specification and shown in the drawings in whichFigure l is a front elevation of a lpass book or deposit book, such asis used in banks, the front cover thereof being provided with myinvention; and Il1 ig. 2 is a central vertical section through a portionof said front cover on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, this view` being on anenlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section oi' another plan forcarrying out the same general idea, and Figs. l and 5 are fragmentaryhorizontal sections of yet other plans andon a slightly larger scale.Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through a complete pass book providedwith my invention by means described below. Fig. 7 is a fragmentarysection oi' yet another manner oi' carrying out the invention.

By the term pass book herein I refer to any bool: whose size is suchthat it is usually carriedin the pocket and whose use is such that it isfrequently drawn forth for the reception of important memoranda. Vilemay assume that the pass book referred to is a deposit book such as isused by banks for crediting their customers with the amounts deposited.As these books are often carried in the pocket of the Working man, or ofany person where they are subjected to considerable Wear againstadjacent objects` andwherethey possibly sometimes become damp fromperspiration or other sources, they are securely bound in a cover whichis usually embossed on its outer face as by being pebbled, grained, orotherwise rendered rough, or perhaps by being made of leather or othermaterial or composition of materials upon which it is somewhat dithcultto write with the pen and ink or from which such writing soon wears oil.Ordinarily the name oi' the bank is printed on the `front cover,together with the words In account with, and below the latter is writtenthe name of the depositor. In this specification we'are not concernedwith what is printed or written upon the pages of the leaves of thebook, but when anything is written on an exposed face of the cover it issubjected to wear as has been suggested, and is soon obliterated byabrasion or from other causes. If the name 0r other matter so written onthe cover is not duplicated on the pages of the book, confusion ariseswhich sometimes results in disagreements or losses.

It is the purpose of the present invention to provide on a cover whichis otherwise rough or in any event a poor writing surface, a panel whichis itself faced with something which is a good writing surface and willretain the ink; and in the preferred embodiment of my invention thefront face of the panel is depressed below the surrounding portion ofthe front face of the cover so that-if the panel be not too largethecontact of the cover with contiguous objects in the pocket prevents thecontact of such objects with the :face of the panel.

Heretofore it has been proposed to out an opening in the cover throughwhich an inner sheet or card is visible, and write on the face of suchcard which is exposed through the opening; but I iind that when thecover is out in any way it is weakened, no matter if the card be lappedwell over the edges of the opening kand carefully secured inside thecover. It is undesirable to weaken the cover, especially in books whichare to be carried in the pocket and handled often, and accordingly Iemploy other means for forming these panels.

y In the drawings hereto annexed the cover has a rear leaf R and anunbroken vfront leaf or face F, and the leaves L of the book are boundinto the cover at B. I will describe my invention as employed inconnection with a deposit book or pass book as used in banks. As seen inFig. the front cover is printed at N with the name of a bank, beneathwhich appears the words In account with and beneath these words in turnis a space or panel P in which is tok be written the name of thedepositor'in accordance with the practicei now in common use. As shownin this view also the face of the cover F is pebbled, and ordinarilythis face does not readily receive writing. The panel writing surface,the sheet being of such ,con-` sistency that it will itself adhere tothe cover on being printed or impressed in the bottom of its depression1, or the sheet may be pasted onto the bottou of said depression asindicated by thefword Adhesive in Fig. 5. In any event the face 5 ofthe' sheet 3 stands in a plane slightly within or behind that of theface 6 of the cover F so that adjacent objects which lie against theface of the cover will not touchthe face of the sheet. In Fig. 2 theedges of the'depression which form the outline of the panel are ratherabrupt as shown at 7. This panel may be stamped into the cover materialF at the time the cover is cut byay die orf'otherwise, but the meansforforming the panel and ,for applying the sheet 3 constitute no part ofthe present invention.

In Fig. 3 I have used the same reference numeral to indicate thesheet,and it may adhere directly to the cover F or be pasted or gluedthereon as before; theedgesy 8 of the panel are beveled so that theyarev not as abrupt as elsewhere shown, or in other words the stamping isdone in such manner that the material of the cover is not made denser asat 2 in Fig. 2, but rather bulges to the rear as indicated at 9`in Fig.3. In this view, however, the edges of the sheet 3 are rather abrupt orclearly defined as sho-wn at 10; whereas Fig. 4 differs only in thatsaid edgesare undercut as at 11. In any event the front face 5 standsbelow or behind the f `front face 6 of the cover. f

In Fig. 5 I have shown how the sheet 3 may itself be dished or concaveslightly on its front face, its edges 14 growing thinner or beingbeveled as shown, and I have also made use of this view to illustrate anadhe-` sive between the sheet and the cover F, whether the former isdished or not, such adhesive being of a material different from eitherthe sheet'or the cover. Most any ordinary glue or paste will do, so longas it is not liable to become soft under `heat or moisture. 1

In Fig. 6 I have shown a section through a bookrwhose front cover iswaved slightly from its binding to its outer edge E, and in order thatit will maintain the waves it is possible that this cover couldv beoflight sheet metal. The drawing perhaps exaggerates the waves and thethickness of the entire article, but in the trough between these wavesany form of my invention and secured in place in any lsuitable manner.,Here again it is essential that the face of the panel shall lie behind aline drawn across the faceof the front cover F at either side of thepanel, or in other words that the panel should stand behind the highestpoints of the front face of y the coverso that what is written on thepanel willnot ordin arly come in contact with contiguous objects in thewearers pocket.

' In Fig. 7 is shown an extremely simple embodimentof my idea which` itmight be possible to employ. e Here the panel P is formed Yis locate'dapanel P made accordance with by stamping a depressed strip into andacross the face'of the cover F, which latter is of course thereby made alittle denser at. 2, and facing the front of the strip at 18 with somematerial rwhich will readily take writing ink. This attribute isnecessary to the facing of any panel describedy herein, 'whether thatpanel be a separate sheet attached to the cover byfa separate and ythirdelement or composition, or directly` attached to the cover, 'or whetherthe facing be merely printed on or indented into the cover so as todeface and obliterate the pebbles or other embossing thereon. OrdinarilyI End thaty it is not sufficient to simply put pebbled materialunderhigh pressure to'produce such a panel, because the pebbles within thepanel although they areperhaps obliterated by the pressure, `do notVleave a goodV writing surface; and in' factjthe material of the coveritself whether subjected `to this excessive pressure or not may not be agood writing surface, and it is essential to the successful carrying outof this idea that the panel P on the pass book may be written on withindelible ink by means of an ordinary pen.

Throughout the specificationr I `have abstained from specifyingmaterials and proportions of parts, and while I have styled this devicea pass book it is obviousthat the invention has a :much wider range ofuse than on books of that specific character.

What is claimed as new is: y A book whose cover is unbroken and pro*vided in its front with a ldepressed portion whose edges are beveled andmerge into the Writing surface; combined with a sheet of In testimonywhereof I afx my signature nterial filling siid defprlessed portion dandin presence of two Witnesses.

a lering to t e ace o' tie same, its e ges i T being undercut over saidbevels, the thick- WALTER ROYSTODE' l ness of said sheet being such thatits entire Witnesses:

Surface lies in a plane behind that of the eX- CLAUD GROSSE,

posed surface oft-he cover. W. F. BEALE.

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